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Join us at Mint Museum Uptown for an evening of art, music, and soul as we celebrate Nina Simone. View new work, Nina Simone, portrait by Artist Russell Young, listen to a musical tribute at 7:30 PM from local Charlotte Songbird Nicci Canada & Dapper Street Productions, enjoy drinks from the cash bar, and take a stroll through the Under Construction: Collage from The Mint Museum special exhibition.
Discounted admission: $10

Although this simple yet exceedingly elegant sideboard looks like it could have been made during the Arts & Crafts movement, family lore held that it was actually created by slaves for back-of-house use at a plantation in Eastern North Carolina. .
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Unknown American Maker (Union County, North Carolina). “Plantation Sideboard,” circa 1845, walnut. Gift of James A. Strawn. 1959.20
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This moving bust of a small boy, created by Augusta Savage, a leader of the Harlem Renaissance, has a secret. It’s made of plaster, not bronze! It has a connection to Charlotte as well: Savage was a mentor to Romare Bearden early in his career.
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Augusta Savage. “Gamin,” circa 1930, painted plaster. Museum Purchase: Mint Museum Auxiliary Fund. 2008.58
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Mint Museum Uptown, and the entire Levine Center for the Arts Campus Uptown has a new look for NBA All-Star Weekend 2019. For all Nike related events at Mint Museum Uptown click the link in our bio! Photos from @mattshdr

This jug, created during the middle of the nineteenth century, shows how popular the image and text (“Am I not a Man and a Brother?”) found on a medallion produced by Wedgwood to support the abolitionist movement had become.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Unknown Maker. “Pearlware Jug,” circa 1852-1875, pearlware. Museum Purchase. D1980.17

This tiny medallion, produced in England, became a powerful international abolitionist symbol in the 18th century. The question is simple, yet profound: “Am I not a Man and a Brother?” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Wedgwood. (William Hackwood, modeler). “Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade Medallion,” designed in 1787, jasperware, silver.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Designer Kyemah Mcentyre, @mindofkye, gained national attention when her own Dashiki-printed prom dress she designed in 2015 was featured in a New York Times article highlighting Afrocentric prom attire. This showstopper dress is now on view at Mint Museum Randolph as a part of special exhibition ‘African-Print Fashion Now!’
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The Prom Slayer Dress by Kyemah McEntyre, 2016, Mind of Kye, East Orange, New Jersey; Vlisco wax print, Angelina. Courtesy Fowler Museum at UCLA. Photo: Don Cole.
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You're never too young to start visiting the Mint! Visitor photos are our favorite! Tag us with #TheMintMuseum or use @themintmuseum for a chance to see your photo on our page.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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